Sion-les-Mines
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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant |
| Canton | Derval |
| Intercommunality | secteur de Derval |
| Mayor | Joseph David (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 17–88 m (56–289 ft) |
| Land area1 | 54.71 km2 (21.12 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,511 (2006) |
| - Density | 28 /km2 (73 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44197/ 44590 |
| Website | http://www.mairie-sionlesmines.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 47°44′09″N 1°35′26″W / 47.7358°N 1.5906°W
Sion-les-Mines is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
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[edit] Geography
The river Chère flows westward through the commune.
[edit] References in popular culture
It has been mistakenly believed to have been the inspiration for the name of the association Priory of Sion, that was actually named after the mountain Montagne-de-Sion near Annemasse. A photograph of Jean-Luc Chaumeil pointing to a roadsign name of Sion-les-Mines in one of his books has been misinterpreted.
[edit] References
- (French Wikipedia article) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion-les-Mines
- Da Vinci Declassified, 2006 TLC video documentary
[edit] See also
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